Eternity in the Palm of Your Hand – The Art of Massage #5

Time is what we are made of – in addition, of course to space. Ida Rolf noted “gravity is the therapist” – meaning we derive the sense of balance from our relationship to gravity in space. To say that “time is the therapist” is equally true. Of course we already say time is the great…

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Accuracy – The Art of Massage #4

Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars                                                                                             — William Blake   One of the legs we stand on is the knowledge the biological sciences give us.  If we can’t find a love and fascination for anatomy, we probably have no business being massage therapists. All the modalities bandied about to great…

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The Art of Meeting and The Art of Massage #3

Today I took a walk at dawn. I took a walk just where the night meets the day. Each sense has a place of meeting – the place where the sound can first be heard, the place where we first see something illuminated by light – and every time we’re met, whether by sound, smell,…

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STEP FULLY INTO YOUR NEW LIFE AND NEW YEAR

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao-Tzu How many steps, how many thousands of miles did you travel last year? How many thousands of steps and miles we will take in the next year? How can you make this journey more full of life, goodness, beauty, and excitement? The…

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Holding Headaches at Bay

Bodywork Eases Migraines and Tension Headaches By Cathy Ulrich “Do you get headaches?” I asked Cindy. She had come to see me for massage to address her neck and shoulder pain but hadn’t mentioned headaches.“Well, yes,” she said. “I’ve always had headaches and, now that you mention it, they seem to be worse when my…

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THE WORK OF HEALING AND BODYWORK

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Some weeks ago I had a unpredictable accident. I had come out of a yoga class with my wife and as we walked down a dark street, I stepped off the curb to get to our car, struck my toe on a defect in the road, and suddenly fell flat on my face, breaking three…

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MINDWORK MORE THAN BODYWORK?

Much research is disproving or not yet supporting our assumptions about how we affect the body through massage. Circulation – we may not affect venous return much, even though it’s been a hallmark assumption of Swedish massage Fascia – it’s been shown that fascia doesn’t change nearly as much or as lastingly as we’ve thought Muscles…

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PUTTING MORE ART IN YOUR MASSAGE

Tips for Therapists Get Feedback – unlike paints and notes, our medium is intelligent and can tell us if our work is inspiring them! Brilliantly eliciting and responding to feedback can almost guarantee that you can optimize the experience in every single session. Every session is a collaborative artwork. Listen – with your hands. What…

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